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===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Charles Lindbergh]], American pilot and explorer (d. 1974)<ref>{{cite book|author=Kathi R. Jones|title=Memorializations and Dedications of Kelly Air Force Base, Texas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kJjfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA47|year=1999|publisher=Office of History, San Antonio Air Logistics Center, Kelly Air Force Base|pages=47}}</ref> * 1902 – [[Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross]], German-English lawyer and politician, [[Attorney General for England and Wales]] (d. 2003) *[[1903]] – [[Alexander Imich]], Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (d. 2014) *[[1904]] – [[MacKinlay Kantor]], American author and screenwriter (d. 1977)<ref>{{cite book |last1= Kidd|first1= Robin L.|editor1-first= Philip A.|editor1-last= Greasley|title= Dictionary of Midwestern Literature|volume=One: The Authors |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnuYKJSoHCMC&pg=PP1|access-date= June 27, 2010|year= 2001 |publisher= Indiana University Press|location= Bloomington, IN|isbn= 978-0-253-33609-5 |pages= 251|chapter= MacKinlay Kantor|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnuYKJSoHCMC&pg=PA292 }}</ref> * 1904 – [[Deng Yingchao]], Chinese politician, Chairwoman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (d. 1968)<ref>{{Cite news |date=1992-07-12 |title=Deng Yingchao, a Party Leader And Widow of Zhou, Dies at 88 (Published 1992) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/12/world/deng-yingchao-a-party-leader-and-widow-of-zhou-dies-at-88.html |access-date=2023-08-04}}</ref> *[[1905]] – [[Hylda Baker]], English comedian, actress and music hall performer (d. 1986) *[[1906]] – [[Dietrich Bonhoeffer]], German pastor and theologian (d. 1945)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gruchy |first1=John W. de |title=The Cambridge Companion to Dietrich Bonhoeffer |date=13 May 1999 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-58781-5 |page=24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cZYM1TE0O-UC&pg=PA24 |language=en}}</ref> * 1906 – [[Letitia Dunbar-Harrison]], Irish librarian (d. 1994)<ref>{{Cite book|title=The curious case of the Mayo librarian|last=Walsh|first=Pat|date=2009|publisher=Mercier Press|isbn=9781856356152|location=Cork|pages=78|language=en|oclc = 301894338}}</ref> * 1906 – [[Clyde Tombaugh]], American astronomer and academic, discovered [[Pluto]] (d. 1997) *[[1908]] – [[Julian Bell]], English poet and academic (d. 1937) *[[1912]] – [[Ola Skjåk Bræk]], Norwegian banker and politician, [[Ministry of Trade and Industry (Norway)|Norwegian Minister of Industry]] (d. 1999) * 1912 – [[Erich Leinsdorf]], Austrian-American conductor (d. 1993) * 1912 – [[Byron Nelson]], American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2006)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 4: Alice Cooper, Hannibal Buress |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/04/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-4-Alice-Cooper-Hannibal-Buress/5121675384439/#:~:text=3%3A00%20AM-,Feb.,under%20the%20sign%20of%20Aquarius. |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=3 February 2024 |date=4 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1913]] – [[Rosa Parks]], American civil rights activist (d. 2005)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jan Onofrio|title=Alabama Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S3GLWEaxpVYC&pg=PA254|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Somerset Publishers, Inc.|isbn=978-0-403-09811-8|pages=254}}</ref> *[[1914]] – [[Alfred Andersch]], German-Swiss author and publisher (d. 1980) *[[1915]] – [[William Talman (actor)|William Talman]], American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968) * 1915 – [[Norman Wisdom]], English comedian, actor and singer-songwriter (d. 2010)<ref>{{cite ODNB|title=Wisdom, Sir Norman Joseph (1915–2010), comedian and actor|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-103354|access-date=16 February 2022|year=2014 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/103354|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 |last1=Double |first1=Oliver }}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Yahya Khan]], Pakistan general and politician, third [[President of Pakistan]] (d. 1980) *[[1918]] – [[Ida Lupino]], English-American actress and director (d. 1995)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1918 – [[Luigi Pareyson]], Italian philosopher and author (d. 1991) *[[1920]] – [[Janet Waldo]], American actress and voice artist (d. 2016) *[[1921]] – [[Betty Friedan]], American author and feminist (d. 2006)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/national/05friedan.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5090&en=30472e5004a66ea3&ex=1296795600 |first=Margalit |last=Fox |date=February 5, 2006 |title=Betty Friedan, who ignited cause in 'Feminine Mystique,' dies at 85 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=February 2, 2010}}</ref> * 1921 – [[Lotfi Zadeh]], Iranian-American mathematician and computer scientist and founder of [[fuzzy logic]] (d. 2017) *[[1922]] – [[Bhimsen Joshi]], Indian vocalist of the Hindustani classical music tradition (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite news|title=Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/bharat-ratna-bhimsen-joshi/238862|publisher=Outlook India|access-date=5 November 2008}}</ref> *[[1923]] – [[Conrad Bain]], Canadian-American actor (d. 2013) *[[1925]] – [[Russell Hoban]], American author and illustrator (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite news | journal = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | title = Russell Hoban | date = December 14, 2011 | access-date = December 14, 2011 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8957017/Russell-Hoban.html | location=London}}</ref> * 1925 – [[Stanley Karnow]], American journalist and historian (d. 2013) * 1925 – [[Christopher Zeeman]], English mathematician and academic (d. 2016) *[[1926]] – [[Gyula Grosics]], Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2014) *[[1927]] – [[Rolf Landauer]], German-American physicist and academic (d. 1999) *[[1928]] – [[Oscar Cabalén]], Argentinian racing driver (d. 1967) * 1928 – [[Osmo Antero Wiio]], Finnish journalist, academic, and politician (d. 2013) *[[1929]] – [[Jerry Adler]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP"/> * 1929 – [[Paul Burlison]], American musician (d. 2003) * 1929 – [[Neil Johnston]], American basketball player (d. 1978)<ref>{{cite web |title=Neil Johnston|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/neil-johnston/|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Athletics|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Tibor Antalpéter]], Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat, [[List of Ambassadors of Hungary to the United Kingdom|Hungarian Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] (d. 2012) * 1930 – [[Arthur E. Chase]], American businessman and politician (d. 2015) * 1930 – [[Jim Loscutoff]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2015) *[[1931]] – [[Isabel Perón]], Argentinian dancer and politician, 41st [[President of Argentina]]<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1932]] – [[Robert Coover]], American novelist (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=John |date=October 6, 2024 |title=Robert Coover, Inventive Novelist in Iconoclastic Era, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/06/books/robert-coover-dead.html |access-date=October 7, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Wallis Mathias]], Pakistani cricketer (d. 1994) * 1935 – [[Martti Talvela]], Finnish opera singer (d. 1989) * 1935 – [[Collin Wilcox (actress)|Collin Wilcox]], American actress (d. 2009) *[[1936]] – [[David Brenner]], American comedian, actor, and author (d. 2014)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1936 – [[Gary Conway]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1936 – [[Claude Nobs]], Swiss businessman, founded the [[Montreux Jazz Festival]] (d. 2013) *[[1937]] – [[Birju Maharaj]], Indian dancer, composer, singer and exponent of the [[Lucknow gharana|Lucknow "Kalka-Bindadin" Gharana]] of [[Kathak]] dance (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite web|date=18 January 2022|title=How Pandit Birju Maharaj always stayed alive to sights, sounds, and sentiments of the present|url=https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/how-pandit-birju-maharaj-always-stayed-alive-to-sights-sounds-and-sentiments-of-the-present-10295401.html|access-date=19 January 2022|website=Firstpost|language=en}}</ref> * 1937 – [[David Newman (screenwriter)|David Newman]], American director and screenwriter (d. 2003) *[[1938]] – [[Frank J. Dodd]], American businessman and politician, president of the [[New Jersey Senate]] (d. 2010) *[[1939]] – [[Stan Lundine]], American lawyer and politician, [[Lieutenant Governor of New York]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The New York red book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kFMkAQAAIAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Williams Press|page=36}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[George A. Romero]], American director and producer (d. 2017)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1940 – [[John Schuck]], American actor<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1941]] – [[Russell Cooper]], Australian politician, 33rd [[Premier of Queensland]] * 1941 – [[Ron Rangi]], New Zealand rugby player (d. 1988) * 1941 – [[Jiří Raška]], Czech skier and coach (d. 2012) * 1941 – [[John Steel (drummer)|John Steel]], English musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1943]] – [[Alberto João Jardim]], Portuguese journalist and politician, second [[Presidents of the Regional Government of Madeira|President of the Regional Government of Madeira]] * 1943 – [[Wanda Rutkiewicz]], Lithuanian-Polish mountaineer (d. 1992) * 1943 – [[Ken Thompson]], American computer scientist and programmer, co-developed the [[B (programming language)|B programming language]] *[[1944]] – [[Florence LaRue]], American singer and actress *[[1944]] – [[Alan Shields]], American artist and ship captain (d. 2005)<ref>{{cite book |last1= Brienza|first1= Jill|last2= Halbreich|first2= Kathy|last3= Ratcliff|first3= Carter|last4= Shields|first4= Jason|last5= Weselk|first5= Victoria|last6= Zuckerman|first6= Heidi|author-link= |date= 2016 |title= Alan Shields Protracted Simplicity|url= |location= Aspen, CO|publisher= Aspen Art Press|page= |isbn=978-0-934324-74-8}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Dennis C. Blair]], American admiral and politician, third [[Director of National Intelligence]] * 1947 – [[Dan Quayle]], American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 44th [[Vice President of the United States]]<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1948]] – [[Alice Cooper]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 4, 2023 includes celebrities Alice Cooper, Natalie Imbruglia |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-4-2023-includes-celebrities-alice-cooper-natalie-imbruglia.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=3 February 2024 |date=4 February 2023}}</ref> * 1948 – [[Mienoumi Tsuyoshi]], Japanese sumo wrestler *[[1949]] – [[Michael Beck]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1949 – [[Rasim Delić]], Bosnian general (d. 2010) *[[1951]] – [[Patrick Bergin]], Irish actor *[[1952]] – [[Lisa Eichhorn]], American actress, writer, and producer<ref name="AP"/> * 1952 – [[Jenny Shipley]], New Zealand politician, [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Jennifer Shipley |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/jennifer-shipley |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=28 July 2021 |language=en |date=27 February 2020}}</ref> * 1952 – [[Thomas Silverstein]], American criminal and prisoner (d. 2019) *[[1955]] – [[Mikuláš Dzurinda]], Slovak politician, [[Prime Minister of Slovakia]] *[[1957]] – [[Matthew Cobb]], British zoologist and author<ref>{{citation | title= Births registered in January, February and March, 1957: COA-COC | page= 232 | publisher= General Register Office for England and Wales }}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Tomasz Pacyński]], Polish journalist and author (d. 2005) *[[1959]] – [[Christian Schreier]], German footballer and manager * 1959 – [[Lawrence Taylor]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lawrence Taylor |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/lawrence-taylor/ |publisher=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] |access-date=26 January 2023}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Siobhan Dowd]], English author and activist (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/siobhan-dowd-462781.html |title=Siobhan Dowd: Rising star of children's literature |author=Tucker, Nicholas |newspaper=The Independent |date=24 August 2007 |access-date=16 December 2009 }}</ref> * 1960 – [[Jonathan Larson]], American lyricist, composer, and playwright (d. 1996)<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/jonathan-larson/ |title= Jonathan Larson {{pipe}} the Stars {{pipe}} Broadway: The American Musical {{pipe}} PBS }}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Denis Savard]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach<ref>{{Ice hockey stats|legendsm=P200002}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Clint Black]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP"/> * 1962 – [[Vern Fleming]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Vern Fleming |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/313/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1963]] – [[Noodles (musician)|Noodles]], American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1963 – [[Pirmin Zurbriggen]], Swiss skier *[[1964]] – [[Elke Philipp]], German Paralympic equestrian<ref>{{cite web |title=Elke Philipp – Team Deutschland Paralympics |url=https://www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de/de/athleten/detail/a_action/show/a_athletes/elke-philipp-174.html |website=www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de |access-date=17 March 2020 |language=de}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Jerome Brown]], American football player (d. 1992) *[[1966]] – [[Viatcheslav Ekimov]], Russian cyclist *[[1967]] – [[Sergei Grinkov]], Russian figure skater (d. 1995) *[[1970]] – [[Gabrielle Anwar]], English-American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1970 – [[Hunter Biden]], American attorney and lobbyist<ref>{{cite web |last1=Phelps |first1=Jordyn |last2=Saenz |first2=Arlette |title=Hunter Biden Denies Ashley Madison Account Using His Email Address Belongs to Him |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hunter-biden-denies-ashley-madison-account-belongs/story?id=33301506 |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=26 January 2023 |date=25 August 2015}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Rob Corddry]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1971 – [[Michael A. Goorjian]], American actor, director, and writer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1972]] – [[Giovanni (footballer, born 1972)|Giovanni]], Brazilian footballer and manager * 1972 – [[Dara Ó Briain]], Irish comedian and television host *[[1973]] – [[Oscar De La Hoya]], American boxer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1975]] – [[Natalie Imbruglia]], Australian singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1976]] – [[Cam'ron]], American rapper and actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Be Allah |first1=Sha |title=Happy Birthday to the Dipset General Cam'ron! |url=https://thesource.com/2022/02/04/happy-birthday-to-the-dipset-general-camron/ |publisher=[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]] |access-date=26 January 2023 |date=4 February 2022}}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Gavin DeGraw]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1979]] – [[Giorgio Pantano]], Italian racing driver *[[1980]] – [[Raimonds Vaikulis]], Latvian basketball player *[[1981]] – [[Jason Kapono]], American basketball player<ref>{{Basketballstats|bbr=k/kaponja01}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Johan Vansummeren]], Belgian cyclist *[[1982]] – [[Ivars Timermanis]], Latvian basketball player *[[1983]] – [[Hannibal Buress]], American comedian and actor<ref name="UPI"/> * 1983 – [[Rebecca White]], Australian politician<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/members/white760.html |title=Rebecca White |publisher=Parliament of Tasmania |access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Doug Fister]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Doug Fister |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/doug-fister-450729 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Mauricio Pinilla]], Chilean footballer *[[1986]] – [[Maximilian Götz]], German racing driver * 1986 – [[Mahmudullah Riyad]], Bangladeshi cricketer<ref>{{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/56025.html|check-wikidata=no|name=Mahmudullah Riyad}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Darren O'Dea]], Irish footballer<ref>{{NFT|21460}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Lucie Šafářová]], Czech tennis player *[[1988]] – [[Charlie Barnett (actor)|Charlie Barnett]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1988 – [[Carly Patterson]], American gymnast and singer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/p/cpatterson.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120004942/http://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/p/cpatterson.pdf |archive-date=2011-11-20 |url-status=live|title=Fact Sheet: Carly Patterson|publisher=USA Gymnastics|access-date=2016-07-18}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Lavoy Allen]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lavoy Allen |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202730/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Mohamed Sherif]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022: List of Players: Al Ahly SC |publisher=FIFA |page=1 |date=7 February 2023 |access-date=18 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212205323/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=12 February 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Malik Monk]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Malik Monk |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1628370/malik-monk |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Maximilian Wöber]], Austrian footballer *[[2003]] – [[Kyla Kenedy]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 2003 – [[Rasmus Højlund]], Danish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rasmus Højlund|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/122934/Rasmus-H%C3%B8jlund/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref> <!--Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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